According to the Press Herald, the two lawmakers, who spoke to the newspaper on the condition of anonymity, said LePage talked about how Obama could have been the best president ever if he had highlighted his biracial heritage and that “LePage said the president hasn’t done that because he hates white people.”

Approached by local media Tuesday, LePage denied the comments.

“No I never said that and you guys are all about gossip, goodbye,” LePage said, according to WLBZ 2.

Do you think Obama hates white people?

No, that's ridiculous. His administration is filled with white people

No, he simply believes in equality for all

No, the governor of Maine denies he ever made that accusation

No, it's black people who are doing worse under his leadership

No, he was raised by two 'typical white people'

No, his problem is not racial; it's ideological extremism

Let's just say he has different standards for people based on race

'Hate' is too strong a word. 'Contempt' and 'indifference' would be more accurate

Yes, he never comes to the defense of white victims who are brutally beaten by black mobs

Yes, he even called his own grandmother a 'typical white person' who fears blacks

Yes, it was completely unwarranted for Obama to inject race into the cases of both Trayvon Martin and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.